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The need for systemic prison reform in India is of crucial importance, considering the overcrowding within prisons as well as the legal safeguards put in place to prevent prolonged incarceration of undertrial prisoners. Swipe to learn more.

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Mr. Sanjay Vashishtha, Executive Director, Project 39A, delivered the concluding lecture of Project 39A’s certificate course, “Capital Punishment in India: Law, Practice and Justice,” on the theme of “Beyond the Death Penalty: Reform and Sentencing Alternatives.”

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Internship Applications Now Open!

Applications open on 1 November 2026 & close on 11 November 2026

Applications must be submitted through the “CAREERS” section (‘Apply for Internships’) of our website: https://t.co/4MfXAGEe7O

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The recent death of Journalist Parvez Parwaz in October 2026, while serving a life sentence in a gang rape case in a Gorakhpur District Jail, raises crucial questions with respect to the legal safeguards for preventing custodial deaths. Swipe to learn more.

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The Hon’ble Justice J. R. Midha of the Delhi High Court (Retd.), delivered a lecture for Project 39A’s certificate course, “Capital Punishment in India: Law, Practice and Justice,” on the theme of “The Weight of the Decision: Sentencing in Capital Cases”.

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Project 39A is honoured to welcome Mr. Balbir Singh, Senior Advocate, to the Advisory Panel of Project 39A.

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Mr. Shailesh Madiyal, Senior Advocate, Supreme Court of India, delivered a lecture for Project 39A’s certificate course, “Capital Punishment in India: Law, Practice and Justice,” on the theme “Penal Populism, Media and the Manufacture of Public Demand”.

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The right to determine the sentence to be served by criminal offenders vests with the judiciary and the executive. There are various penological theories to justify capital punishment; but the value of the death sentence as a deterrent is disputed. Swipe to learn more.

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The team at Project 39A met with Ms. Sohini Ghosh from the Indian Express to discuss the research projects and ongoing endeavours of the Centre.

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Dr. Pupul Dutta Prasad, Inspector General of Police, BPR&D and Honorary Director, Project 39A, delivered a lecture for Project 39A’s certificate course on the theme “Capital Punishment and the Global South”.

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Mr. Kapil Sankhla, Managing Partner of Sankhla & Associates, delivered a lecture for Project 39A’s certificate course, “Capital Punishment in India: Law, Practice and Justice,” on the theme “The Case for Retention: A Comparative Perspective”.

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Prof. Dr. Anneke Petzsche, University of Bremen, Germany, delivered a lecture for Project 39A’s certificate course, “Capital Punishment in India: Law, Practice and Justice,” on the theme “The Abolitionist Norm: A Comparative Study”.

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The recent failed attempts at executing Christa Pike, the death row prisoner from Tennessee, through lethal injection; raises several questions with respect to the lethal injection and the legitimacy of the death sentence. Swipe to learn more.

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Mr. Sanjiv Sen, Senior Advocate, delivered a lecture for Project 39A’s certificate course, “Capital Punishment in India: Law, Practice and Justice,” on the theme “The Forensic Expert in the Witness Box: Admissibility and the Evidentiary Weight”.

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A separate sentencing hearing is mandated under Section 258(2) of the BNSS, as affirmed in the recent ‘Blue Drum’ murder case. However, Courts have rendered conflicting decisions on whether the sentencing hearing ought to be held on a separate date.

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Dr. G.K. Goswami, Founder Director of UPSIFS, delivered a lecture for Project 39A's certificate course, "Capital Punishment in India: Law, Practice and Justice," on the theme of “From Scene to Swab: Crime Scene Investigation and DNA Profiling”.

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Dr. G.K. Goswami, Founder Director of the UPSIFS, delivered a lecture for Project 39A's certificate course, "Capital Punishment in India: Law, Practice and Justice," on the theme of “Traditional Evidence vs Forensic Evidence and the Risk of Getting it Wrong”.

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Over five months, a Sessions Court Judge in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh sentenced 23 people to death in 11 cases.

Swipe through to see what the law requires a court to weigh before imposing death.

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Over five months, a Sessions Court Judge in Muzaffarnagar district of Uttar Pradesh sentenced 23 people to death in 11 cases.

Stay tuned to see what the law requires a court to weigh before imposing death.

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Mr. Rajshekhar Rao, Senior Advocate, delivered a lecture for Project 39A's certificate course on the theme of “The Appellate Journey, the Mercy Petition and the Last Recourse”.

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